Convict Captured After Three Day Lorain County Manhunt
Lorain County Sheriff confirms Jose Colon, 23, surrendering to North Olmsted police after a 50 hour chase. He earlier stole a Chevy Blazer and brandished a home made knife, fleeing Capp’s garage then abandoning the vehicle near Great Northern Mall area before being found in a Kennedy Ridge garage. Police pursued on Butternut Ridge and Canterbury roads, with no weapons found on Colon.
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North Olmsted
Lorain County
Jose Colon
Great Northern Mall
Colon
Elyria Country Club
Elyria
Great Northern Boulevard
Frances Erdelick
Kennedy Ridge Ri
Erdelick
Dan
Ronald Cox
William Schenkfeberg
Butternut Ridge Road
Canterbury
Butternut Ridge Roads
Carlisle Township
John Capp
Ethel Drive
Great Northern Mail
Escaped convict tied to local fugitive trapped near North Olmsted home
Frantic scene near Ruth Heil's home as escaped convict Josef Colon, linked to the Latin Connection gang, is spotted by Firdelick Erdelik and her grandson Dan. Police converge quickly after Erdelik warns him to run and call for help. Colon reportedly has a lengthy criminal record and gang ties.
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North Olmsted
Josef Colon
Colon
Firdelick
Colen
Florida
Latin Connection
Erderick
Heil
Dennis Sefcek
Amherst clerk a mob hit man faces murder charge
Pasquale Patsy Barone 27 known as Anthony Capone in Lorain County a suspected mafia contract killer led a quiet life as a grocery clerk in Amherst Massachusetts. He was arrested July 22 extradited to Massachusetts on unlawful flight charges and held on a 2 million dollar bond in Suffolk County jail. Barone fled Logan Airport in Boston after the 1985 murder of 25 year old Vincent Simoh and left two handguns with his wife.
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Amherst
Boston
Pasquale
Patsy” Barone
Anthony Capone
Lorain County
Barone
Logan
Vincent Simoh
Fran
Conviction Overturned in AIDS Murder Case
The Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals overturned Sheffield Lake man Patrick Finnerty’s 1987 murder conviction for Timothy Kolleda’s slaying. The 2-1 ruling found defense counsel not notified about a rebuttal witness whose testimony suggested prior threats, shaping the AIDS related homicide narrative.
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Elyria
Ohio
Patrick Finnerty
Kolleda
Sheffield Lake
Court of Appeals
Hebert Nagy
Mary Ellen Guenther
Guenther
Finnerty
Duluth, Minn
Ford completes land purchase for possible Ohio Truck Plant expansion
Ford Motor Co buys 4655 acres in Sheffield Village for 388700 with 15 percent of the area left to buy. The land could back future expansion at the Ohio Truck Plant or a Nissan joint venture to build a shared mini van. Ford plans no announcements yet.
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Elyria
Ford Motor Co
Sheffield Village
Ohio
Nissan Motor Co
Acquir
Abbe Road
Ford
Miller Road
Avon Lake
Roden
John Fowler
Sheffield Park Estates
Fowler
Lorain County
Nissan
Detroit
William Carroll
Lorain
Weather snapshot for tonight and Friday forecast
Outside tonight is partly cloudy and warm with humidity. Lows expected in the 70s, Friday hazy sunshine with hot and humid conditions. High temperatures reach 90 to 95.
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Susan Cross
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Cindy Leisect
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Erdelik
Ruth Heil
Julie Wallace
Harold Johnson
C-T
Pasquale Barone
Cis O’meara
Suffolk County
Koleda
Michael
Union
Dr. Gott
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Richard Kolko
Mike Royko
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